chorography
[ kuh-rog-ruh-fee, kaw-, koh- ]
/ kəˈrɒg rə fi, kɔ-, koʊ- /
noun, plural cho·rog·ra·phies. Geography.
a systematic, detailed description and analysis of a region or regions.
Origin of chorography
1550–60; < Latin
chōrographia < Greek
chōrographía, equivalent to
chōro-, combining form of
chṓra region +
-graphia
-graphy
OTHER WORDS FROM chorography
cho·rog·ra·pher, noun cho·ro·graph·ic [kawr-uh-graf-ik, kohr-] /ˌkɔr əˈgræf ɪk, ˌkoʊr-/, cho·ro·graph·i·cal, adjective cho·ro·graph·i·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby chorography
Example sentences from the Web for chorography
It corresponded with nothing, so far as understood, in the Asiatic chorography.
British Dictionary definitions for chorography
chorography
/ (kɒˈrɒɡrəfɪ) /
noun geography
the technique of mapping regions
plural -phies
a description or map of a region, as opposed to a small area
Derived forms of chorography
chorographer, noun chorographic (ˌkɒrəˈɡræfɪk) or chorographical, adjective chorographically, adverbWord Origin for chorography
C16: via Latin from Greek
khōrographia, from
khōros place, country +
-graphy